River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-01-06

plaVing diI.se, Abs procession commenced
its march to the burial EIo4ni The long
procession was formed IA aecordancs st1th
The arrangements laid down in the pub.
lished order of the day, and no delays OF
any kind occurred.
January 4th the fast passenger train
on the Baltimore 4 Ohio r. r., collided with
a freight train near TINA, Ohio, at O'Clock
in the morning. The earliest report says
that ~ passengers were killed outright or
burned r. death in the wreck The cause OF
the accident " ~ hs learned later inNestl-
CATION shows that the freight train was on
the main track on the time 81 the fast mani
and that no signals We're sent forward 10
warn that train of danger. IL Is alleged
that the steam of the freight engine gave
out and the train was stalled, and II Is alsc
charged that the engineer was drunk. Ii Is
learned - raSSengcrS lost their lives. None
OF the passengers IN the sIeepers were hurt
The election held Dec. p. in the
province Of Ontario. resulted IA the defeat
of Sir John Mcdonald, who for two months
with four members Of his cabinet have been
-IuMping the province Ia the interest OF
Meredith The result has been that, instead
of defeating the liberal government OF
MOwat. 1t has strengthened his majority .
per cent. according 10 the latest returns
which rive Mytyat "a and Meredith 81 iAls
means defeat foF Sir John. The prosper
now j. that the Dominion elections VIII be
nut off 10 the very latest moment-probably
To next september.
At Philadelphia. Pa. the coroner i
investigating singular case Of death in the
family of Mrs Hart. DIR. English found, on
his return 70 the city from four weeks alb
sence. that Mrs. Harris new horn infant.
which was in full health when ne last saw
il died on Monday night very suddenly ana
mvsteriouSlv He also learned that II was
the thirteenth child which Mrs. Hart had
lost in the same way and al the same tender
are Under the circumstances he refused
to give a certificate. and the coroner VIII
hold an inquest on the body Of the infant.
Concerning President Cleveland's
health. a Washington dispatch of the 2nd
saws: Tn. President has entirely recovered
from the fatigue incident TO his long puhhc
reception yesterday Gud Is IN better hedith
tonight than hefOre the tlanh shaking or
deal began. Regarding The hla.png re
ports which We're circulated last .gEt tUoGt
The President : condition, Col an ont said
There Is every disposition on the part OF
tb0sa nj the White House to keep the public
accurately informed as to the condition OF
the President. The reports are simply with
out foundation.
L. c. Weir Of Cincinnati. manager OF
the Adams Express Co. speaking II tie re-
Is.iou Of Fotheringham the mes enger to
tine recent robbery. for which four other
men are now ia custody. said; w ittrock
saws Futhcringham j. ianucent hope ne
Is lint he was indicted hy 3he grand jury.
Won know don't know what the evidence
against him was. but II must have been sui
fit.icut aI.t evidence that lsSutticlent Tor an
Indictment i sufficient for trial. The men
however Lee able To
plain away what may have appeared incrlm-
mating facts.
Specials from Leavenworth and Kan
sls CITY state that Oscar Cool, made a con
fe,sion in which he stated that Fatherlng-
lam. the express messenger who is now in
iaiI charged with completely IN the robbery
knew all about the plan to rob bis car, and
was a willing victim to the rohber- IL was
said that he was promised SlOOen OF the
amount stolen. as his share OF the booty
an1 that sum was part OF the money when
Fred SitrOck sent - his mother for safe
keeping
About I2j sporting men from New
York. New Haven. Waterbury and other
cities. assen. bled az the driving park in
bridgeport. .onn, Sunday, to witness
cooking main between birds from New York
and New Haven. The police got wind Of
the affair. however. and raidcd the park.
Fifty men were captured and placed under
arrest The balance broke down partition
wall and escaped.
At Youngstown, Ohio, Monday
morning when book keeper of Wickec.
Bros. a Cos bank. opened the vaults which
had been closed from the Friday night pre-
vious and struck a match To light the gas
lot. the ras which had been escaping lgnlted
blowing the side ont Of the building. also
the side out Of the United Line Company
building. Silliman's hair and whiskers
were burned of, and lie l. perhaps. hurt
internally
The breaking of a wheel under the
baggage car Of a passenger train bound
from Albany. \. Y. to Springfield Mass,
Jan I. thrax the train OFF the track at
Nittineague station, and the baggage.
smoking and day cars took fire and were
consumed Two lives were lost and
.eighteeu passengers injured. large
amount Of western mail for New England
points was burned
Charles II. Raymond. of New York.
who has flied an assignment. has for twenty
five wears dealt in hardware supplies by
sample the federal government being his
heaviest customer. He once owned sixteen
pieces of real estate in Brooklyn. but is now
thought 70 have debts amounting 70 sJoO-
40
A midnight fire, January ,. in the
Burlington 4 Missouri railway headquar-
tiers building at Omaha damaged the whole
sale grocery stock of Sloan. johnson a CO.
10 the extent Of $4,000. Loss Is covered by
insurance. The railway offices in the upper
stories were unluJured.
The New York Commercial Bulletin
ofJau. :. estimates the December fire loss
in the United States and Canada at Sll,a0-
/ 90 and the loss during 1S>i at Sll6,do1.00.
I This Is largely in excess Of previous figures.
both as regards the month Of December and
1 the year just ended
Owing to the prevalence of CHAMBERS
! among the horses in Montreal. the board of
health has requested the government TO pass
l an order bringing into force the provisions
1 OF the act giving government veterinary IN
spectors the power 70 have infected animals
destroyed.
The citizens of Houston. Texas, have
under consideration the plan of applying TO
| the legislature for the repeal of the city
/ charter. 10 escape the payment Of bonds for
I 81 $4,000 issued twenty years ago, from
/ which but little benefit has been derived.
The Michigan Centrals annual re-
| port shows prosperity. The gross earnings
were So. 300.OO0 the operating expenses
| - $50 0a1: the net earnings S3,ssso.010.
| The increase in gross earnings was IA per
cent, and in net earnings rs per cent.
The cold weather of last week has
/ coverered the St Lawrence river with ice.
/ On Saturday the ice was sufficiently strong
| TO allow of the crossing Of teams between
! Cape Vincent and Kingston distance Of
/ y miles The steam ferry has stopped.
Richard Ingraham, Of Fulton, \. Y.
and Benjaman Benson of Ogdensburg, were
| instantly killed, and George Marley, Of Car